Educational situation of children in general in Calcutta
A survey covering the entire Calcutta, conducted by S.M. Cyril of Loreto Day School in 1999 - under the City Level Plan of Action – provide the following shocking figures. Of the children between the ages of:
- 3 and 4 years old 72% do not go to school
- 5 and 9 years old 25% do not go to school
- 10 and 14 years old 28,8% do not go to school
- Percentage illiterates: 66%
- Percentage drop-outs: 78,5%
- 87% have had a maximum of 4 years of education
- Only 3% reach the educational level of someone who has completed the primary school
- 19% remain at pre-primary school level
